Since COVID vaccines first became available in the U.S., the federal government has been buying them from manufacturers and distributing them for free. But soon, the manufacturers will be distributing them at higher prices. Jen Kates, senior vice president and director of global health at the Kaiser Family Foundation, joins John Yang to discuss what this means for future vaccination costs.
Rescuers raced Friday to find any survivors trapped in debris after tornadoes barreled across parts of the South in a system that killed at least nine people in Alabama and Georgia and inflicted heavy damage on Selma, a flashpoint of the civil rights movement.
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The Biden administration says it will release doses of prescription flu medicine from the Strategic National Stockpile to states as flu-sickened patients continue to flock to hospitals and doctors' offices around the country.
The panel's seven Democrats and two Republicans are recommending criminal charges against Trump and associates who helped him launch a multifaceted pressure campaign to try to overturn his 2020 election loss.
The leader of a small polygamous group near the Arizona-Utah border had taken at least 20 wives and punished followers who didn't treat him as a prophet.
Old lies about the 2020 election are posing new threats of political violence and voter intimidation in this year's midterms. Mary McCord is Executive Director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection and a former Justice Department prosecutor. She joined Judy Woodruff to discuss how local officials can protect their residents and the vote.
For the second time in more than a month, a lawsuit challenging Florida's so-called "don't say gay" legislation that restricts teaching on gender identity and sexual orientation in schools has been dismissed by a federal judge.
With just a month until the midterms, all eyes are on a few consequential races. Control of the Senate is on the line and with 35 seats up for election, Republicans need to net just one seat to regain power. Judy Woodruff spoke with Stephen Fowler of Georgia Public Broadcasting, Katie Meyer of Spotlight PA and Jon Ralston of the Nevada Independent about the key races in those states.
Over one-third of Americans working for pay changed jobs in the past two years, according to a new PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll, and more than 60 percent received raises over the last year.
A strike by railroad workers would have wide-ranging impact on consumers, commuters and businesses. That's why business groups are telling Congress to block a strike if necessary.